Nguyen Van Tong

Nguyen Van Tong was a Viet Cong political officer during the Vietnam War. He served as a political officer in the 9th Division; his brother Nguyen Thanh Hoang, who served as a scout, was killed durign thew ar, and Tong was devastated when Hoang's fiancee killed herself rather than marry another man. In late 1964, he took part in the assault on the strategic hamlet of Binh Gia in Phuoc Tuy Province to the southeast of Saigon.